I had the opportunity to talk to a pastor of a multi-site church today and he mentioned that they were looking/considering launching a few sites great distances away. I know Life Church just launched two campuses in Arizona. I also hear rumors that a pretty large church out of state is about to launch multi-site in the ATL.

Most multi-site churches I am aware of do it pretty close to the “main” campus. I assume the logic is that by being closer to the main campus people who attend the main campus can but are closer to the other site can attend. I also assume they are counting on the name of the church and the name of the teacher being a draw. I also assume they want to be close to share resources. That all makes perfect sense.

My question is do you see this being effective by going out of state? Would people in Alabama know who Ed Young and Fellowship is? Would people in Washington know who Andy Stanley and North Point is? Would people in Atlanta know who Craig and Life Church are?

Seacoast has a campus in Greenville but it at least is in the same state. They also have one in Savannah but it is just across the state line.

Do you think multi-site is just as effective that far away from the “main” campus?

I shared with the pastor today how I am enjoying watching the latest trends in the church. I have fallen in love with the concept of multi-site. I use to be very anti it. I am a church planter so I struggled with the concept but the more I think about it, the more I see the advantages of it. I am just curious if you think it can work being so far away from the main campus?

Anyway, any thoughts?

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